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Charter Review Commission to continue discussion on City Council, election and pay
By MEGHAN BRADBURY
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The City of Cape Coral Charter Review Commission will continue its discussion on chapter four of the charter during its meeting Thursday. “We have gone through sections three, five and six. We are going through section four, which we knew was going to be the biggest tackle,” Commission Chair
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Richard Leon said. So far there have been two meetings dedicated to chapter four of the charter, as it has everything to do with council, the election process and pay. “We are having a healthy debate on what the public will want to see, and what the council will want to see,” he said. Although the discussion has gone on at multiple meetings for this chapter, Leon
said honestly the process is not taking long enough as the charter is a 50-year document that they definitely want to spend time talking about to see what the best fit for the city is. The agenda includes articles IV. Government, Article VII. Financial procedures and Article VIII. Elections. The meeting also includes proposed meeting dates, and a 30-minute public input ses-
‘BackStage Broads’ to premiere at Cape Cafe Dessert Theatre
“BackStage Broads” the latest comedy by Joe Simonelli and Lori Sigrist, who just had their comedy “Half Baked” end a successful run at The Broadway Palm last month, will premiere at The Cape Cafe Dessert Theatre in Cape Coral Thursday, July 17. The play will run every Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. with 2 p.m .matinees until mid September. The play involves a senior woman who inherits a small community theater from her uncle and tries her best to revive it after it has been sitting empty for 20years! She recruits her best friend Myrtle and her two neighbors to help as they try to mount their premiere production of ‘Pygmulian,” a riff on the original Shaw play now set in an old west frontier town. But all is not how it seems and hilarity ensues when three “actors?” also join the cast! Tickets can be purchased on line by visiting the website at capecafetheatre.com. or call 239-363-0848 for more information!
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sion. “They are all open to the public,” Leon said, adding that public input is at the beginning of the meeting. The proposed remaining meeting schedule includes Tuesday, Aug. 5, at 9 a.m.; Tuesday Sept. 9, at 9 a.m.; Thursday, Oct. 9, at 5 p.m.; Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 9 a.m.;
See CHARTER REVIEW, page 4
Slipaway Food Truck Park & Marina opening ‘spectacular’
By MEGHAN BRADBURY & CASEY BRADLEY GENT
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Thousands turn out for Red, White & BOOM!
By CASEY BRADLEY GENT
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Two days before Independence Day, Cape Coral was inundated with heavy thunderstorms. On the Fourth, though, the area at the foot of the Cape Coral Bridge dawned to sunshine and ended in a thunderous rain of fireworks as the city of Cape Coral’s largest event, Red, White & BOOM! drew thousands to the South Cape. Billed by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department as Southwest Florida’s largest single-day event, attendees and vendors alike began arriving by 4 p.m., wearing red, white and blue
outfits, sparkling hats, patriotic paint and even the American flag. Alissa Kelleman and her family were among them. “There are always lots of families and lots of kids, “ said Kelleman of her family’s second
See RED, WHITE & BOOM!, page 4 Fireworks light up the night sky and the Caloosahatchee during the city’s Red, White & BOOM! celebration on July 4. CASEY BRADLEY GENT
The opening weekend of Slipaway Food Truck Park & Marina went better than the owners had anticipated, complete with an incredible buzz of those that patronized the park. “It went spectacular,” Slipaway Food Truck Park & Marina Co-Owner Gary Aubuchon said. “The opening evening – 4th of July – could not have gone better. We were very fortunate the weather cooperated with us, too. The buzz within Slipaway was palpable. People were very excited to have a waterfront destination of this caliber in Southwest Florida. Everyone I talked to over the weekend was genuinely excited that this destination was theirs to go to anytime.” The facility has 10 food truck spots, a marina with 26 boat slips, as well as space for four gas docks, slip store, six pavilions and a main pavilion with a bar, and seating on the water and by the store. “We began talking about this project almost three years ago. It’s great to see the central pavilion today. It looks like they’re calling that area The Helm. We designed the space to be something very casual with a lot of clean lines. I think it’s a great space for family and friends to gather,” Amber Vitale, interior designer for the Wegman Design Group, said. Aubuchon said they have 75 employees – servers, bartenders, dock hands and individuals working at the slip store. “I was there for lunch yesterday with my wife, and the place at noon was almost completely full. By 1 p.m. it was. When
See SLIPAWAY, page 4